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BROOKVILLE — The Jefferson County Fair Authority continues to finalize plans for the 2024 Jefferson County Fair, focusing on exhibits and deadlines for entries. The fair will be held the

Stunted by school safety questions and low state funding, public schools looked to the 2023-24 Texas legislative session for solutions.

COMMUNITY gardeners hope to feed up to 30 struggling families each week by growing more fresh fruit and vegetables in Northwich.

DeKalb County’s new fire chief wants to invest in new tools or more efficient technologies to better the fire staff and community.

DeKALB – Two DeKalb residents were displaced Wednesday after the DeKalb Fire Department responded to a structure fire that broke out at 12:52 p.m. at 1019 W. Hillcrest Drive.  The fire was deemed an accident because of unattended cooking, according to the DeKalb Fire Department news release. DeKalb Fire Chief Jeff McMaster said the fire...

Northern Star DeKALB  – The DeKalb Fire Department responded to an apartment fire around 4:30 p.m. Monday on Fourth Street between Pine and North Fourth Street.  The fire broke out at two apartments on Fourth Street. The porch overhang caught fire outside and firefighters stopped the spread before any interior damage was caused. There were no injuries and investigators are on the scene to find the cause, DeKalb Fire Chief Jeff McMaster said. The road on North Fourth Street and Pine Street a...

Northern Star DeKALB – The DeKalb Fire Department saw a decrease in the number of calls for emergency services in 2020 due to COVID-19, Fire Chief Jeff McMaster said at Monday’s City Council meeting.  McMaster presented the annual report for 2020 for the DeKalb Fire Department at Monday’s meeting. He said members of the DeKalb Fire Department were fully committed to serving the community in 2020, which was a “mysterious and challenging time.” “Twenty-twenty was a year that everybod...